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The Complete Short Stories of W.D. Howells (Illustrated Edition)
Christmas Every Day, Boy Life, Between the Dark and the Daylight, The Daughter of the Storage and Other Things in Prose and Verse, A Fearful Responsibility, Buying a Horse & many more
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
This unique collection of William Dean Howells' complete short stories has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards. William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was an American realist author, literary critic, and playwright. Nicknamed "The Dean of American Letters", he was particularly...
by Gene Zimmerman
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
We all like stories. Sometimes we'd like something we could read in a few minutes while getting a cup of java at our favortie coffee shop or waiting for an appointment. This book includes seventy very short stories that fit that bill. Some may make you laugh, some may make you wonder, but hopefully all will entertain you.
by Andrew Barger
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
"Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" branded Tolstoy as one of the greatest writers in modern history. Few, however, have read his wonderful short stories. Now, in one collection, are the 20 greatest short stories of Leo Tolstoy, which give a snapshot of Russia and its people in...
Serendipity
A miscellany of short stories
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
An avid reader of short stories myself, I have enjoyed journeying along with the likes of Mark Twain, O’Henry, Maupassant, Frank O’Connor and others of such ilk. Nearer home, writers like Keith Waterhouse, Bill Naughton, Sid Chaplin, Stan Barstow are among my favourites and of course the inimitable...
by Edith Wharton
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Edith Wharton was born in 1862 into an aristocratic New York family. Educated by the best governesses and tutors, Wharton profited from an exceptional education. She began her writing career with short stories before moving to novels. Collected in "Ethan Frome and Selected Stories," are the best of both....
by Rudyard Kipling, GP Editors
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2018
Tales from India presents the very best of Kipling's short stories. His vignettes of life in British India give vivid insights into Anglo-India at work and play, and into the character of the Indians themselves. Witty, wry, sometimes cynical, these tales with their brevity and concentration of effect...
The Complete Short Stories
Vol. 3
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2018
Munshi Premchand, widely lauded as the greatest Hindi fiction writer of the twentieth century, wrote close to 300 short stories over the course of a prolific career spanning three decades. His range and diversity were limitless as he tackled themes of romance and satire, gender politics and social...
by Murray Kibblewhite
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2013
Every person has their own story. And as a Teacher I heard many stories that astounded me and I wondered why they happened!
Then I suddenly realized that each person is unique and is experiencing life differently to everyone else. But why?
Then I made another connection – each person...
Modern Shorts
18 Short Stories From Fiction Attic Press
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2014
Modern Shorts: 18 Short Stories From Fiction Attic Press, features the winners of the Fiction Attic Press Short Fiction Contest. This anthology includes new fiction by Neil Mathison, Jane St. Claire, Timothy Boudreau, Linda Boroff, D.R.D. Bruton, Darlene Campos, Christopher David DiCicco, J.S....
by D H Lawrence
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2013
David Herbert Lawrence was the son of a coal-miner and a mother from a family with middle-class aspirations. He was a poet, novelist, travel writer, playwright, art critic as well as one of the most consummate short story writers of the twentieth...
The Day's Work
Volume 1
Language: English
Release Date: September 14, 2015
Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Day's Work - Volume 1’.
The Day's Work is a collection of short stories by Rudyard Kipling. It was first published in 1898. There are no poems included between the different stories in The Day's Work, as there are in...
by Ambrose Bierce
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
American journalist and satirist Ambrose Bierce is probably best known for his short stories about the American Civil War. The author's craft for story-telling is exemplified by his famous "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge", which is the story of Peyton Farquhar, a Confederate sympathizer condemned to...
Write Short Stories and Get Them Published
Your practical guide to writing compelling short fiction
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2012
LEARN HOW TO WRITE WONDERFUL AND VARIED SHORT STORIES AND SHARE THEM WITH THE WORLD.
Written by one of the country's leading experts on the short story, this book is ideal if you want to write creatively in a genre that is increasingly attracting attention from publishers, and which offers...
The Best Short Stories
Chosen in 1914 by the most prominent authors of the day, Volume II
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2014
Have you read the 50 best short stories of all time?
In 1914, a critical moment in literature, The New York Times asked the most highly regarded authors of the day to name the best short story in the English language. Many of their responses have maintained consistent fame through time....